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Is Ikea Hjälteroll granola with nuts and berries ultra-processed?

Mueslis Sold in Sweden

Pack of Ikea Hjälteroll granola with nuts and berries

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 47 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed mueslis

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat flakes (wheat, salt, barley malt extract), wheat, coconut, rolled oat, RYE, pumpkin seeds, oligofructose syrup, cashews, rice extrudate (rice flour, sugar, wheat gluten, barley, wheat malt flour, salt, barley malt extract), hazelnuts, roasted almonds, sugar, sunflower oil (sunflower oil, mixed tocopherols (preserva, tive)), glucose syrup, strawberries, freeze, bilberries, blackberries, sugar syrup (almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, coconut), SOY, wheat (brazil nuts, macadamia, pecan, pistachio, walnuts), peanuts, milk, sesame

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

ROASTED WHEAT FLAKES (WHEAT, SALT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT), ROLLED WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLAKES, COCONUT, ROLLED WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLAKES, ROLLED RYE FLAKES, PUMPKIN SEEDS, OLIGOFRUCTOSE SYRUP, CASHEWS, RICE EXTRUDATE (RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, WHEAT GLUTEN, BARLEY AND WHEAT MALT FLOUR, SALT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT), HAZELNUTS, ROASTED ALMONDS, SUGAR, SUNFLOWER OIL (SUNFLOWER OIL, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS [SOYA] [PRESERVA - TIVE]), GLUCOSE SYRUP, FREEZE-DRIED STRAWBERRIES, FREEZE - DRIED BILBERRIES, FREEZE-DRIED BLACKBERRIES, SUGAR SYRUP. CONTAINS: TREE NUTS (ALMONDS, CASHEWS, HAZELNUTS, COCONUT), SOY AND WHEAT. MAY CONTAIN: TREE NUTS (BRAZIL NUTS, MACADAMIA, PECAN, PISTACHIO, WALNUTS), PEANUTS, MILK AND SESAME.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 515 mueslis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 453rd. 66% of the mueslis here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 515 mueslis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7315120008465, last edited 2 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.